Why ‘life will go on’ thesis about global economy might not pass muster in 2015
{http://www.theguardian.com/business/economics-blog/2014/dec/28/global-economy-2015-2014-1999-problems}

Junk Bond Risk Appetites Imply Stocks Should Fall At Least 13%
{http://thefelderreport.com/2014/12/23/junk-bond-risk-appetites-imply-stocks-should-fall-at-least-13/}

A Pessimist's guide to the World in 2015
{http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2015-flash-points/?hootPostID=8ac47b59f9f297f5aa7664a1fc7b7a8a}

Big questions for markets for 2015
{http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/12/27/us-markets-stocks-usa-weekahead-idUSKBN0K414E20141227}

What’s Next for World Oil as Lower Prices Extend Into ‘15
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-23/what-s-next-for-world-oil-as-lower-prices-extend-into-15.html}

Brazil's Economy Just Imploded
{http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-29/brazils-economy-just-imploded}

Why Greece’s Spillover Across Euro Area Will Probably Be Contained This Time
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-29/why-greece-s-spillover-across-euro-area-will-probably-be-contained-this-time.html}

Business Cycle Theories and All That
{http://pragcap.com/business-cycle-theories-and-all-that?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter}

Ten Investing Facts of Life
{http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-26/ten-investing-facts-of-life}

Invest in a Potato Before These Four Things
{http://blogs.cfainstitute.org/investor/2014/12/23/invest-in-a-potato-before-these-four-things/}

Busting the Myth About Size
{http://www.researchaffiliates.com/Our%20Ideas/Insights/Fundamentals/Pages/284_Busting_the_Myth_About_Size.aspx}

Year of man v machine for hedge funds
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aded4aa4-86e0-11e4-8a51-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3MjWEaJaM

In 2015, Vladimir Putin may witness his empire’s death knell
{http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/12/16/in-2015-vladimir-putin-may-witness-his-empires-death-knell/}

Dual-listed shares now cost 23% more in China
{http://www.ft.com/fastft/252451}

Global Crude Plunges Through $60 as Producers Fail to Curb Glut
{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-12-16/oil-drops-as-u-s-producers-seen-standing-ground-amid-opec-fight.html}

The most important thing you need to know about commodities
{http://adamhgrimes.com/blog/important-thing-need-know-commodities/}

Sometimes Markets Are Stupid
{http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2014-12-10/sometimes-markets-are-stupid}

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Macro Horizons: China Markets Tank, Greece Risks Rise, Fed Preps Rates Signal
http://blogs.wsj.com/moneybeat/2014/12/09/macro-horizons-china-markets-tank-greece-risks-rise-fed-preps-rates-signal/?mod=WSJBlog

This is why the middle class can’t get ahead
{http://www.pbs.org/newshour/making-sense/middle-class-cant-get-ahead/}

and

The Pitchforks Are Coming… For Us Plutocrats
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/06/the-pitchforks-are-coming-for-us-plutocrats-108014_full.html#.VIgo2SusUYu

and

TED Banned This Billionaire For Exposing Capitalism’s Biggest Lie

http://www.trueactivist.com/ted-banned-this-billionaire-for-exposing-capitalisms-biggest-lie/

LUXEMBOURG LEAKS: GLOBAL COMPANIES' SECRETS EXPOSED
http://www.icij.org/project/luxembourg-leaks

The A to Z of Behavioral Biashttp://www.psyfitec.com/p/the-to-z-of-behavioral-bias.html

Real Conversations: A Dire Appraisal of Our ‘Broken Global Economy’
https://app.hedgeye.com/insights/40718-real-conversations-a-dire-appraisal-of-our-broken-global-economy

Time to scrap the Stability and Growth Pact
http://www.voxeu.org/article/time-scrap-stability-and-growth-pact

Oil Prices and Deflationary Bias
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/oil-prices-and-deflationary-bias/?_r=1

A glut of oil?
http://econbrowser.com/archives/2014/11/a-glut-of-oil

Prepare for a long-term fall in energy prices
{http://blogs.ft.com/nick-butler/2014/11/30/prepare-for-a-long-term-fall-in-energy-prices/}

How He and His Cronies Stole Russia
{http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2014/dec/18/how-he-and-his-cronies-stole-russia/}

Russian Money Suspected Behind Fracking Protests
{http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/01/world/russian-money-suspected-behind-fracking-protests.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0}

7 Simple Things Most Investors Don’t Do
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/7-simple-things-investors-dont/

A Brief History of Financial Bubbles
Economies all over the world have strained and burst throughout history.
http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/brief-history-financial-bubbles

The Red Army sell signal
{http://www.economist.com/blogs/buttonwood/2014/11/geopolitics-and-oil}

Misunderstanding Reserve Currencies and the Gold Standard
{http://uneasymoney.com/2014/11/22/misunderstanding-reserve-currencies-and-the-gold-standard/}

What’s luck got to do with it?
http://adamhgrimes.com/blog/whats-luck-got/

Don't Say Warren Buffett and Robert Shiller Didn't Warn You
{http://www.thestreet.com/story/12959158/2/dont-say-warren-buffett-and-robert-shiller-didnt-warn-you.html}

http://www.openculture.com/freeaudiobooks
loads of audio books and more

Knowledge on Chinese markets                                              
{http://www.etf.com/sections/white-papers/15113-the-complete-gui
de-to-chinese-share-classes.html?fullart=1&start=5}          

Good book list 

http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/some-nonfiction-books-i-really-like.html

two repeat reads

If investing is poker, fund managers are a busted flush

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/85703348-bc7f-11e2-9519-00144feab7de.html#axzz3Iw0zoYrF

Don’t blame the (mostly) efficient markets hypothesis (also read his best articles)

{http://timharford.com/2011/04/dont-blame-the-mostly-efficient-markets-hypothesis/}


and

Albert to cheer up the markets!

http://citywire.co.uk/wealth-manager/news/albert-edwards-yen-crash-will-send-deflationary-tidal-wave-to-west/a783469?ref=wealth_manager_latest_news_list

The mathematician who proved why hipsters all look alike

{http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/storyline/wp/2014/11/11/the-mathematician-who-proved-why-hipsters-all-look-alike/?tid=pm_pop&?ftcamp=crm/email/_DATEYEARFULLNUM___DATEMONTHNUM___DATEDAYNUM__/nbe/FirstFTEurope/product}

Why High-Frequency Trading Is So Hard to Regulate
{http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/10/20/why-high-frequency-trading-is-so-hard-to-regulate/?_r=0}

Paulson Event-Driven Fund Said to Plunge 14% in October

{http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-09/paulson-event-driven-fund-said-to-plunge-14-in-october.html}

FT: Russell Brand may irritate but many are listening to him
{http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/39d9d110-6411-11e4-8ade-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=uk#axzz3INMAWFGm}

Peter Munk, chairman of Barrick Gold ($ABX), “I really have no ability to forecast gold prices. I have been in the business for 30 years, and it occupies my mind day and night.”  {http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-04-24/barrick-s-munk-says-even-einstein-couldn-t-predict-gold-prices.html}

Precious metals oversold
{http://shortsideoflong.com/2014/11/expect-bounce-precious-metals/}

Investing is  a walk in the park, with a dog, that is random and on a long lead.
{http://awealthofcommonsense.com/market-earthquakes/}

How China's "Rare Earth" Weapon Went From Boom To Bust
http://io9.com/how-chinas-rare-earth-weapon-went-from-boom-to-bust-1653638596

An Opportunity in Precious Metals Stocks?
http://awealthofcommonsense.com/opportunity-precious-metals-stocks/